Hat-fastener.



C. MARSHALL.

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Patented 19, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed April 23, 1917. Serial No. 168,982.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE MARSHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat fasteners and more particularly to that type of fastener which is mounted inside of the crown, so as to be invisible and is movable into and out of engagement with the wear.- ers hair. One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated of extremely simple construction and operation which may be quickly and easily applied to a hat. A further object is to provide a device which may be formed by stamping and bending from sheet metal, or other suitable material. Another ob ect is to provide a device which can be produced at very small cost. A still further ob ect 1s to provide a devicehaving securing elements which, when in operative position, fit snugly beneath the hat rim so as to be practically invisible and in such position as to eliminate all danger of their becoming entangled. in the wearers hair. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of the device as applied, the hat being indicated in broken lines,

Fig. 2 is a section through a hat with the device applied taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the securing members.

At each side of the crown 1 of the hat 2 is secured a thin supporting plate 3. This plate may be formed from sheet metal or other suitable material and is provided wlth a plurality of spaced apertures 41; by means of which the plate is secured to the crown of the hat, on the inner face thereof and a short distance above the rim 5 by thread passed through the openings and the hat crown. Preferably, though not necessarily, these plates are secured between the crown of the hatv and the hat lining 6, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawin s. These plates may be slightly arched to t the contour of the hat crown, or may be made of flexible material which is readily secured snugly against the inner face of the hat crown by the fastening thread or equivalent means.

Each plate 3 is provided, at its central portion, with an offset integral strap 7 which is formed by cutting two parallel spaced slits in the plate and then punching the strip between these two slits outward so as to provide the ofiset strap. This strap slidably receives a securing member 8 which is formed of relatively thin spring steel, or other suitable resilient material. This member 8 is arched to conform approximately to the configuration of the side of a persons head, and is enlarged at its upper end to provide an integral head 9. This member 8 isalso turned upward and outward at its lower end to provide the integral outwardly extending finger 10. This finger is slightly arched in the direction of its longitudinal axis so as to correspond with the curvature of the under face of the hat brim 5.

In applying my securing device to a hat, the two plates 3 are secured in the crown, in the manner previously described, at each side thereof with the strap 7 directed inwardly of the hat crown, a suitable opening being left in the lining 6 to accommodate the securing member 8. After the hat is placed upon the wearers head, the securing members 8 are forced upwardly, by gripping the fingers 10. These members travel upwardly and inwardly beneath the wearers hair thus firmly securing the hat in position. When the members 8 are in their operative positions, the fingers 10 are positioned closely adjacent the under face of the hat brim 5, and fits snugly against the same. In this position, these fingers are practically invisible and fit so snugly against the hat brim as to eliminate all danger of the wearers hair becoming entangled with these members. The heads 9 formed at the inner ends of the securing members 8, serve to prevent accidental withdrau al of the securing members, and also eliminate all danger of these members pulling through the strap 7 as will be clearly seen from Fig. l of the drawings.

A device constructed in this manner may be quickly and easily applied to a hat, and all of the parts of this securing device may be produced very cheaply from sheet metal or other suitable material by stamping and bending. In addition, the securing members are so shaped that, when in operative position, they present a very neat appearance and are entirely free of all points or PIQIGCUOHS such as might become entangled and securing members formed from sheet metal and of smooth contour throughout their full length sliclably mounted through said'plates, said securing members being curved to conform substantially to the configuration of the side of the Wearers head, and each of said members being provided at its lower end with an outwardly directed finger arched to correspond with the arch of said brim so as to fit snugly against the brim and conform with the contour thereof when said securing member is in raised position.

2. The combination with a hat having a crown and a downwardly arched-brim, of two supporting plates secured to the inner face of the crown at opposite sides thereof,-

each of said plates having an integral ofiset strap, and a securing member formed from a fiat strip of material slidably mounted through said strap and arched longitudinally to conform substantially to the: c0nfiguration of the side portion of a persons head, said securing member being of smooth contour throughout its full length and pro- CLARENCE, MARSHALL;

Witnesses:

J. E. TRESHAM, MILES F. MCCLAHAH'AN,

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. I Washington, D. C. 

